Melon — Sakata Sweet seeds
Sakata Sweet Melon is a unique Japanese variety of melon with edible skins. Sakata Sweet Melon is a vining plant that produces small round fruit, approximately 7 to 10cm in diameter. Sakata Sweet Melons are crunchy, juicy, and high in natural sugars. Harvest your Sakata Sweet Melons when the fruit skin starts to turn from pale green to yellow, and the leaves of the vine start to die off. Ensure that your melons are cut from the vine, as if the stalk breaks at the joint of the melon, the flesh could become exposed and your melon can start to rot.
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Cucumis melo | 10 seeds per packet
This product has been treated with thiram. Thiram treated seeds are safe to plant and produce crop from. Do not consume the treated seeds.
Sow seeds direct approximately 10mm deep. Start seeds in spring and summer*. Germination occurs within 4 to 10 days, at an ideal temperature of 20 to 30°C. Leave 60cm between sown seeds, and approximately 120cm between rows of Sakata Sweet Melon. Sakata Sweet Melon plants reach full maturity after around 100 days.
*Sowing times may vary depending on your climate. See our planting guide for Sakata Sweet Melon below.
Cool Climates: October to December
Temperate Climates: September to December
Arid Climates: August to January
Subtropical Climates: July to January
Tropical Climates: January to December